Juan Gabriel (born Alberto Aguilera Valadez on January 7, 1950, in Parácuaro,
Michoacán, and died August 28, 2016, in Santa Monica, California) was a Mexican
singer-songwriter, composer and producer who became one of the best-selling
Latin artists in history and the top-selling Mexican artist of all time, with
well over 100 million records sold and around 1,800 songs written. Raised in
poverty and later in children’s homes after his family moved to Ciudad Juárez,
he sang in local churches and bars under the name Adán Luna before adopting the
stage name Juan Gabriel and signing to...